Commissioned by the Department of Health

This guidance was commissioned by the Department of Health in response to requests from FE practitioners for a means of sharing good practice and expertise, thus helping Colleges to develop an effective Safeguarding service based on tried and tested experience.

The guidance was edited by members of the NAMSS executive and compiled by NAMSS researchers with inputs from members and other experts in the field.

NAMSS would like to express their thanks to the Department of Health for their support in making the production of this guidance possible.

Compiled by the National Association for Managers of Student Services [NAMSS]

This guidance was compiled by the NAMSS researcher, Vicki Cox [Education Consultant], edited by the NAMSS executive and is hosted on the NAMSS website.

NAMSS is a not-for-profit member organisation for Managers of Student Services in post-16 educational and training provision.

NAMSS aims to provide support and professional development for managers of services that support learners in post 16 education and training by:
  • Providing information to members
  • Developing and promoting quality standards of student services' practice
  • Representing the needs of students and student support services

    • Contributors

    We would like to thank all those Colleges and Associations named in the report for their generous sharing of good practice and their willingness to put their developments in the public domain.

    We thank all members of NAMSS who use the JISC MAIL service as much of the inspiration for the content of the Examples of Good Practice was culled from their questions and answers to each other.

    We thank all the members of the NAMSS executive for their support throughout the development of this guidance.

    Contact details

    If you would like to join NAMSS or would like more general information about the association please visit the website www.namss.ac.uk
    This resource can be photocopied free of charge as part of a programme of educational work and of service development.

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